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THE NETWORK TELEVISION PREMIERE OF "MONSTERS, INC." COMES TO
ABC AS A PRESENTATION OF "THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISNEY,"
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30

Airing in HDTV, Film Features Academy Award-Winning Original Song
By Randy Newman, "If I Didn't Have You"

The critically acclaimed hit animated feature film from Walt Disney Pictures and Pixar Animation Studios ("Toy Story" franchise, "Finding Nemo," "The Incredibles"), "Monsters, Inc.," is set to make its network television premiere in HDTV with 5.1-channel surround sound and Spanish audio as a presentations of "The Wonderful World of Disney," SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30 (8:00-10:00 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network.

Featuring the voices of John Goodman, Billy Crystal, Steve Buscemi, James Coburn and Jennifer Tilly, "Monsters, Inc." tells the story of the world behind our closet doors, where monsters like Mike and Sulley work hard for their income. To be precise, they work in the factory, Monsters, Inc., that collects the screams of children and turns them into energy that powers their city, Monstropolis. However, it's getting harder and harder to shock kids, forcing the monsters to face a serious energy shortage. Ironically, while they are provoking screams of terror from youngsters, the monsters themselves adamantly believe human children are toxic and that direct contact would be catastrophic, so when a little girl named Boo slips through her closet door into Monstropolis, pandemonium erupts!

John Lasseter and Andrew Stanton served as executive producers, Darla K. Anderson was producer and Kori Rae was associate producer. "Monsters, Inc." was directed by Peter Docter with David Silverman and Lee Unkrich serving as co-directors. The original story was by Pete Docter, Jill Culton, Jeff Pidgeon and Ralph Eggleston, with a screenplay by Andrew Stanton and Daniel Gerson. "Monsters, Inc." won the Academy Award for "Best Music, Original Song" for Randy Newman's "If I Didn't Have You."